4 * Updated vim/nano syntax files.
7 * Added $hwmon var, similar to $i2c and $platform.
10 * Added var $platform which is similar to $i2c and accommodates the conversion
11 of many devices from /sys/bus/i2c/devices to /sys/bus/platform/devices.
12 * Removed config item post_21_kernel since it forced all i2c device lookups
13 to go to /sys/bus/platform/devices and some people may need a mix of both
14 i2c and platform devices.
17 * Clarifying licensing
21 * Wireless support for Linux
24 * Conky 1.4.6 released
25 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.13.0
26 * Added 'post_21_kernel' config param to specify kernels 2.6.22 and newer
30 * Fixed potential issue on FreeBSD when nprocs < 10 (thanks zotrix)
31 * Added support for multiple batteries when using acpi (thanks Phil)
32 * a bunch of code cleanups (thanks Psychon)
33 * added max length paramater to mpd_title (thinks fow)
34 * a number of small bug fixes
37 * Fix PID display, patch #1753934. thanks sohalt.
38 * Fix displaying 4 GB traffic after reloading network driver,
39 patch #1754260. thanks sohalt.
42 * Right-justify top/top_mem vars (pid/cpu/mem} so they align on the decimal.
45 * Added color[0-9] variable patch (thanks jieryn)
48 * Added if_empty patch (thanks Erik)
49 * Added if_existing patch for string matching (thanks cromka)
50 * Added hwmon support (thanks flitsch)
51 * Some xmms2 updates (thanks sleipner)
52 * Added $battery_percent and $battery_bar (thanks akash)
55 * OpenBSD support added to Conky (thanks hifi)
56 * Updated mboxscan stuff (thanks calmar)
59 * Created branch/1.5 copy of trunk/conky1. Removing all experimental
60 network code from trunk/conky1.
63 * Include missing mboxscan.h in conky.h.
64 * Fixed signedness warnings in conky.c.
67 * Added buffer_text_size option to change the size of the buffer for
68 things like $exec, $tail, et cetera
69 * Added $mboxscan which lets you display the Subject and From fields
70 from recent email in an mbox file
71 * Disambiguated (is that a word?) $cpu docs
74 * Fallback to gettimeofday() when clock_gettime () not available (mac os).
77 * API change (timing in milliseconds) for dexter_timedsampler_new ().
80 * Add config.rpath (created by gettextize -copy) to distribution
82 * Clean up some warnings; remove ftp.[ch] from src/Makefile.am.
85 * Update svn ebuild to new sourceforge url scheme.
86 - requires deletion of existing wc: rm -rf /usr/portage/distfile/svn-src/conky/
87 * Added head/tail rewrite patch (thanks Ryan Twitchell)
88 * Added diskio read/write sf.net patch 1542880 (thanks Blondak)
91 * Clear conky vars on disconnect/failure to open files.
94 * Updated to libmpdclient 0.12.0
97 * client/server infrastructure and prototype for linux only (so far):
98 - requires libdexter (http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdexter)
99 and the dxt-sysinfo plugin (svn only at the moment).
101 - dexter_client yes/no
102 - dexter_server yes/no
103 - dexter_config /path/to/libdexter/config (default: $HOME/.dexterrc)
104 - own_window_class <WM Class Name> (default: Conky)
105 - replaces wm_class_name
106 - own_window_title <Window Title> (default: <hostname> - conky)
107 * removed config items:
108 - wm_class_name (use own_window_class, same function)
110 --disable-network (default=yes) with auto-detection for libdexter.
111 - remove useless --enable-proc-uptime (PROC_UPTIME never referenced).
112 HAVE_SYSINFO and others determine if /proc/uptime is used.
113 - silently disable xft, double-buffer and xdamage if no x11.
114 - change enable/disable labels to reflect defaults accurately.
115 - simplified compile-based checks for sysinfo/getloadavg and by moving
116 them into AC_CHECK_FUNCS.
117 * allow decorated, own_window=yes windows to be given input focus by WM:
118 - do not pass button clicks through to desktop in this scenario as conky
119 immediately loses focus.
122 * Clarify LGPL license on timed_thread modules.
126 * Split battery variable into two:
127 battery, e.g. "charging 75%" and
128 battery_time, e.g. "3h 15m".
129 * Conky 1.4.5 released.
132 * Close pop3/imap sockets.
133 * Fix outstanding battery issues.
136 * Fix peek table bug with new portmon code.
139 * Replaced hash module used by libtcp-portmon with GLib's GHashTable,
140 due to licensing issue noted by Fedora Core packagers.
141 * Eliminated config items:
143 min_port_monitor_connections
145 max_port_monitor_connections
148 * Added $entropy_avail, $entropy_poolsize and $entropy_bar
149 for the crypto freaks. Idea suggested by Perttu Luukko
150 <nuteater@users.sourceforge.net> in feature request 1497050.
151 * Added max length specifier to audacious_title. Closes
152 feature request #1600631.
155 * Rearrange retry attempts in pop3 and imap code, removing sleep()
156 calls which cause the whole process to sleep, not just the thread.
159 * Added max_specials config item with default 512. This should
160 close bug #1574523 for real this time. Thanks to John Harrigan
161 <jfharrigan@fedex.com> for this one.
164 * Changed autotools for subversion versioning.
165 * Updated svn ebuild for gentoo.
166 * Documentation updates for clarity, i.e. close bug #1599041.
169 * fix compile error with --disable-xdamage when Xdamage.h not present.
172 * fix bug where present rate var was not being read from acpi battery
173 state file: /proc/acpi/battery/%s/state.
176 * Change linkstatus display for use_spacer. Closes bug #1577580.
179 * Fix compile error with --disable-x11.
180 * Add new timed thread abstraction routines.
181 * Convert thread activity to timed threads, including
182 texeci, imap, pop3, audacious.
183 * Change memory vars from unsigned long to unsigned long long
184 to fix reported overflow, e.g. swapmax >= 4Gb.
187 * Use pthread_cond_timedwait() instead of sleep() in audacious
188 thread. Will convert all worker threads to this timing method.
191 * Fix freebsd build error.
192 * Minor changes to syntax files.
193 * Conky 1.4.4 released.
196 * Add max_user_text to documentation.
197 * Fixed BadWindow bugs (#1568366, #1588384).
200 * Remove on_bottom and xmms_player completely.
201 * Closed ibm_temps bug #1591609.
202 * Conky 1.4.3 released.
205 * Updated vim and nano syntax coloring scripts.
206 * Added extras/ dir with syntax stuff to distribution tarball.
209 * Added new config item 'max_user_text' with default 16384,
210 twice as large as previous hard-coded default of 8192 bytes.
211 Increase as needed to accomodate large config files with a
212 great deal of text. This closes SF bug #1574523.
215 * Changes to configure.ac for pkg-config on x11/xext/xdamage,
216 with fallback to conventional checks.
217 * Fixed segmentation fault on SUGUSR1 bug.
218 * Commented out Imlib2 from configure.ac since it's only partially
222 * Removed broken mldonkey and seti support.
223 * Added Hellf[i]re's nano syntax coloring script to svn.
226 * Removed support for Xmms, BMP and Infopipe from conky.
227 The Xmms and Bmp players are projects are dead and distros such
228 as Gentoo are slating them for removal.
229 * Added support for Audacious using new audacious vars.
232 * Implement WiFi signal level detection on FreeBSD (patch
236 * Fix buffer overflow in parsing LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LANG
237 environment variables and fix crash for users with locale
238 name longer than 10 chars (repored by Michael Schwendt)
241 * --enable-debug added.
242 * prevent libtool from adding its default CFLAGS
245 * Use pkg-config instead of xft-config.
246 * Fix last line bug which had required padding text with extra blank line
247 to see text on last line.
250 * Fix type-punning and "differ in signedness" warnings seen with
254 * Fix compilation errors when building with --diable-x11; bug #1547164
257 * Make configure script print summary info
258 * Make `conky -v` show compiled-in features
261 * Added Spock's patches, adding hddtemp, goto and tab variables.
264 * Added tztime patch to show time in arbitrary time zones (thanks Ram
268 * Small battery fix (thanks Nexox, sf.net patch 1500014)
269 * Fixed order of variables/objects in docs (thanks Peter Tarjan)
272 * Fixed a bug with $font
275 * Xdamage support for composite and pals
278 * CPU voltage support via $voltage_mv and $voltage_v (thanks to Peter
279 Tarjan for the patch)
282 * SMP support for $freq and $freq_g (thanks to Peter Tarjan for the
286 * Fixed issue with graphs not reaching all the way to the borders
291 * Conky 1.4.2 released
294 * GNU Iconv support added, new objects $iconv_start and $iconv_stop
295 * Added some safety to the threading code
298 * Changed $font behavior so that the font persists past the next
299 newline. It can be set back to the default with $font with no args.
300 (closes bug 1478676 on sf.net)
303 * Added simple POP3/IMAP mail clients
306 * Added support for PowerBook batteries
307 * Fixed broken $if/$else stuff
310 * Added patch from Peter Tarjan to add support for IBM ACPI
311 * Added xmms2 patch from Lassi Selander (sf.net patch 1469523)
314 * Removed sa_restorer crap (may fix some compile errors for some
318 * Added patch for adt746x fan/cpu speed for kernel >=2.6.12
321 * Added patch to support new port monitor REMOTESERVICE peekable.
324 * Scan port numbers as short. Fixes debian bug# 359974.
327 * Added XMMS2 patch 1456203 from Lassi Selander
328 * Added FreeBSD battery patch 1456008 from Petr Holub
331 * Fixed ${top(_mem)} related code on FreeBSD (with help of Petr
332 Holub <hopet@users.sourceforge.net>)
335 * Removed bmp-infopipe dependency from 1.4.1 and 1.9999 ebuilds for Gentoo
336 (Gentoo bug# 125226).
337 * Fixed subversion ebuild for conky1 (1.9999) so it pulls the new trunk
341 * FreeBSD cpu info patch
342 * Conky 1.4.1 released
345 * Fixed issue where some WM's don't control conky own_window windows.
346 * Added newly-updated vim file detection and syntax hilighting files to svn.
347 * Fixed issue with graphs resetting colours (sf.net bug #1420473)
350 * Fixed battery problems when charged
351 * MPD code handles broken pipe now, instead of just killing conky
352 * Switch from CVS to SVN. Thanks SourceForge.
355 * Added patch to make $cpu stuff work on alpha (thanks Thomas Cort)
356 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122637#c3
357 * Stop using override_redirect true -- conky back under WM control
358 when using 'own_window yes'.
359 * Fixed texeci breakage when forking to background is on
362 * Drastically simplified own_window=yes window creation code.
363 * on_bottom and wm_class_name deprecated (they do nothing)
366 * Fixed typo bug in portmon code that caused incorrect monitor data
370 * Conky 1.4.0 released
373 * Cleaned up texeci code
376 * Added freedesktop.org extended window manager hints (EWMH)
377 for window type NORMAL and state's STICKY/SKIP_PAGER/SKIP_TASKBAR.
378 Fixes stacking order issues with freedesktop-compliant wm's,
382 * Fixed stupid graph code (it still sucks) sf.net bug 1372962
383 * Fixed $if_* stuff, sf.net bug 1401338 and 1400854
384 * Fixed xmms.c code to load glib 1.2 shared object lib.
387 * Added xmms version 1 support.
388 * Added bmp through 0.9.7.1 support.
389 * Added config item xmms_player: none, xmms, bmp, audacious or
393 * Added Audacious media player support.
396 * Fixed infopipe bug (select() affects timer as a side effect on
400 * Added draw_graph_borders option
401 * Added XMMS/BMP InfoPipe plugin support
404 * Conky 1.3.5 released
407 * Fixed bug with use_xft causing ignorance of font selection (sf.net
409 * Fixed issue with parsing of hex values for colours
412 * Added BMPx (http://beep-media-player.org/) support
415 * Fixed issues with execi stuff
418 * Added sf.net patch 1374576
421 * Fixed sf.net bug 1367745
424 * Fixed sf.net bugs 1369607, 1367735 and gentoo bug 113921,
425 all variations of the same array out of bounds issue.
426 * "Fixed" code in fs.c and conky.c to make fs stats match those displayed by df (affects reporting against ext3 filesystems only)
429 * new code in linux.c and top.c to calculate CPU % correctly on 2.6 kernels.
432 * Fixed gentoo bug# 113219
435 * Added #define/#undef SIGNAL_BLOCKING in conky.c for experimenting
436 with synchronous signal processing. set to #undef for previous behavior.
437 * Use POSIX signal api's, not the ANSI signal().
440 * Fixed IP address bug (sf.net bug 1359055)
443 * Conky 1.3.4 released
446 * Replaced bitwise copy of tcp_connection_t with function
447 copy_tcp_connection().
448 * Changed call interfaces for get_acpi_fan(), get_acpi_ac_adapter(),
449 get_freq(), get_freq_dynamic(), get_adt746x_cpu(), get_adt746x_fan(),
450 eliminating all mallocs. pkovacs. See bug 1355470.
453 * moved hash sizing code into portmon lib, where it belongs
454 * More mem leaks fixed.
457 * Added config items min_port_monitors / min_port_monitor_connections
460 * Cleaned up top code, bug fixes
461 * Fixed some memory leaks
464 * Fix bug# 1351686. Patch by boojit.
465 * Fixed 1331576 (I think) with bad cpu usage reporting
468 * Documentation updates for compiling and port monitoring
469 * Removed cairo stuff (it's useless)
472 * Added statfs sf.net patch 1344493
475 * Added tcp port monitor support (pkovacs)
478 * Added WM_CLASS patch from sf.net patch 1340825
481 * acpi segfault should be fixed (sf.net bug 1330893)
482 * SIGUSR1 bug fixed? (sf.net bug 1330914)
485 * Ugly MPD mem leak fixed
486 * Other mem leaks fixed
487 * Fixed thing where conky exits if LC_ALL and friends isn't set
488 * Conky 1.3.3 released
491 * Conky 1.3.2 released
494 * More MPD objects (sf.net patch 1319461)
497 * fixed mldonkey bug? sf.net bug 1316531
500 * Linkstatus patch from btlee on f.g.o (see
501 http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2765647.html#2765647)
504 * Fixed build on FreeBSD for non-i386
505 * Made it so top_mem doesn't show all the forks of one process
508 * Fixed small bug in config parsing (thanks robgrady, bug 1306032)
511 * Fixed bug where graphs/bars don't show when maximum_width is enabled
514 * Fixed right-alignment bug thanks to Pascal Eberhard
515 * Applied patch 1291420 from sf.net
516 * Fixed issue with whack graph data
517 * Fixed issue with Conky quitting when a file fails to load
520 * Fixed bug with xft and double buffer in own window
524 * Misc small bug fixes
527 * MPD patch (sf.net patch 1281108)
528 * Fixed graph width bug
531 * FreeBSD support was added
535 * added threaded execi, $texeci
539 * Fixed slight vertical misalignment of bars/graphs (sf.net 1273994)
540 * Diskio fixes (sf.net 1274140)
541 * $alignr and $alignc now have 25% more goodness! (sf.net bug 1273905)
542 * Far better SMP support
543 * Added support for i8k kernel driver, parsing information for dell inspiron laptops found in /proc/i8k (sf.net request 1256058)
546 * More own_window fixes
547 * applied disk io patch (sf.net patch 1271691)
548 * applied $freq fixes patch, adds new $freq_dyn (sf.net patch 1271633)
549 * removed units from $freq* output
550 * fix for graph config parsing
551 * Added $head, fixed mem leak with $tail
554 * More configure and makefile updates
555 * Added scale arg for net graphs
556 * Fixed bug in own_window stuff--amazing fake transparency now works
558 * added own_window_colour, own_window_transparent
561 * Added maximum_width
564 * Added $execibar and $execigraph
567 * Moved source into src/, moved docs into doc/
571 * Applied patch from zimba-tm, closes patch 1260225
572 * Fixed ugly gradient bug. closes bug 1255608
574 * Removed metar code. It sucked.
575 * Added $acpitempf for amooricans
579 * Multiple unit additions and modifications
582 * mpd password patch from Joshua Gerrish
583 * conky can run without X now, use --disable-x11 when configuring
584 =========================================================================
585 =========================================================================
591 * added CVS ebuild, huge thanks to Hopeless for this
594 * special thanks to Citizen_X and his patience
596 * keep shakin' those big 'ol titties
603 * many small fixes, thanks to those who reported problems
606 * dramatically improved how conky handles fonts
607 * fixed issues with graph args
608 * fixed shades and outlines
612 * added gradients to graphs (very pretty)
615 * feature freeze; only bugfixes now
618 * finalized graphing code, see $cpugraph, $memgraph, $execgraph,
619 $downspeedgraph, and $upspeedgraph
620 * added override_utf8_locale option
622 * $tab patch from jack_mort on f.g.o
625 * Added new graphing code, such as $cpugraph
626 * small fixes all round
629 * added more mpd objects
632 * Conky now has UTF-8 support
633 * Fixed $freq for those with CPU scaling
634 * Fixed the problem with total_run_times
635 * Fixed alignment of bars and lines and stuff
636 * Reduced conky's memory usage (yay!)
637 * Removed top_sort_cpu, added top_mem which sorts by mem usage instead
641 * Fixed a pile of bugs in configure script
642 * Added proper checking for headers in configure script
643 * Made METAR shit threaded so it would stop being retarded, also made
644 it try more then once to update
645 * Added $metar_tempf and ${i2c tempf} for americans
648 * Added option for Conky to update N times and quit, see
649 total_run_times in conkyrc.sample
650 * Added metar code for weather info, thanks to somebody on sf.net
651 * Added $alignr and $alignc for right and centre alignment
652 * Added wireless info and IP addr patch, thanks Bobby Beckmann,
653 options $addr and $linkstatus (please test!), as well as fixed a mem
655 * adt746x fix, thanks to dan-h on sf.net
656 * Added mldonkey support patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
657 * Added patch to allow hex colour values, thanks roiban adi on sf.net
658 * Added if constructs patch, thanks Lucas Brutschy on sf.net
659 * Fixed bug in tab code (hopefully for the last time)
660 * Added option to sort by cpu or memory for top, see top_sort_cpu
663 * Added fix for battery charged state (thanks to Lukas Zapletal
666 =========================================================================
667 =========================================================================
673 * Added $mpd_bar and $mpd_bitrate
674 * Some minor code cleanups prior to release
675 * Fixed problem with Conky not compiling when XFT disabled
676 * Fixed configure.in problems with Xdbe
679 * Fixed memory leak in MPD code
680 * Added new $tail object (see conkyrc.sample) which loves to suck CPU
682 * Fixed more mem leaks
685 * Added use_spacer to config
687 * Added small fix for i2c from Filedil on forums.gentoo.org
690 * Made it possible to use tabs to right-justify (just add a bunch)
691 * Added ${execbar} (see conkyrc.sample)
694 * Added memory % to top output
695 * Added initial cairo backend (it's really quite useless at this stage actually, and I'm not sure if there is even any point to it)
698 * Conky now recognizes the tab character correctly
699 * Added simple config option to print to stdout (out_to_console
703 * Added top output. Check the sample config.
707 * Finished MPD support ($mpd_title, $mpd_artist, $mpd_album, $mpd_vol)
708 * Removed NVCtrl code
709 * Added noswap and i2c patches
711 =========================================================================
712 =========================================================================
715 * Version 1.0. Conky is born from the ashes of torsmo. Main site:
718 * Added new feature for sample averaging of CPU and net info
721 * Version 0.18 released
724 * Fixed some double buffer + Xft stuff
725 * Applied X-Mozilla-Status patch (thanks affinity)
726 * Applied NVCtrl patch and modified it a bit (temperature monitoring
727 for nvdia-based graphics cards) (I couldn't test this so it may or
728 may not work or even compile) (thanks Dennis Frommknecht)
729 * Applied fs_used_perc and fs_bar_free patch (thanks killfire [send me
730 mail, I didn't catch your name from sourceforge])
731 * Applied patch that supports mailbox that is in some 'maildir' format
732 (thanks jolapache [send mail, I didn't catch your name from
735 * Applied pad_percents patch (thanks JL Farinacci)
736 * Fixed some stuff in acpi fan and acpi ac adapter
737 * Optional XFT even when compiled in
740 * Applied utime patch (UTC time) (thanks David McCabe)
743 * Applied Xdbe patch, this includes double_buffer configuration and
744 -b command line option (thanks Bruce Merry)
745 * Applied some other seti patch, not tested (thanks William DiPlacido)
748 * Applied netbsd patch (thanks Rui Paulo)
749 * Applied cpu frequency patch (thanks William DiPlacido)
750 * Applied adt746x patch (thanks Dennis Kaandorp)
751 * Applied some other FreeBSD patch by the same guy
754 * Applied FreeBSD patch (thanks Roman Bogorodskiy)
757 * Xft support and xftfont configuration
758 * rewrote some stuff, there might be some new bugs in old places
761 * I2C divisor from a file (thanks Falk Feuersenger)
764 * changed battery thing to ${battery <filename in
765 /proc/acpi/battery/>}
766 * SETI@Home stuff (thanks Jarski)
769 * changed signal for config file reloading to SIGUSR1
770 * mixer stuff, $mixer, $mixerl, $mixerr, $mixerbar, $mixerlbar,
774 * maybe fixed acpi battery thing when "present rate" isn't known
777 * fixed width for all bars, use like ${cpubar 4,50}
780 * Version 0.17 released
783 * battery number for ACPI battery (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
784 * default battery is now BAT0 instead of BAT1, set ${battery 1} if
785 the old battery thing worked
786 * bug fix on load average reporting (thanks Leszek Krupiñski)
787 * outlines to text, draw_outline and default_outline_color
788 configurations and $outlinecolor (thanks adi)
789 * $acpifan, $acpiacadapter, $uptime_short (thanks adi)
792 * fixed a bug when starting after Opera (and some other programs)
797 * added border_width configuration
800 * fixed zero length bar bug
803 * file system stats, $fs_bar, $fs_free, $fs_free_perc, $fs_size,
805 * leaves ACPI temperature file open (faster)
806 * -a option to change alignment on command line
809 * fixed ACPI temperature bug
810 * border_margin configuration
811 * ${execi <interval> <command>}, execute with specific interval
812 * added possibility to manually set the position (-x and -y options)
813 (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
814 * $buffers and $cached (thanks to Jeremy Burch)
815 * WM_CLASS when drawing to own window (thanks to Gwenhael LE MOINE)
818 * Version 0.16 released
821 * $pre_exec, execute a shell command one time
822 * preparsing of text (faster but more memory usage)
823 * less system calls (faster)
824 * APM things to $battery (untested)
827 * added $new_mails changed $mails to tell total mail count
830 * transparent window, own_window configuration, -o cmdline option
831 * $exec, execute a shell command
832 * $acpitemp, $battery - acpi stuff (not really tested)
835 * $loadavg, load average
836 * $mails, unread local mails, mail_spool configuration
839 * Version 0.15 released
842 * SIGHUP reloads config file (thanks Jørgen P. Tjernø)